High-Stakes Proposal: Climbers Scale Empire State Building

The couple, known for their high-altitude stunts and the 2024 Netflix documentary Skywalkers: A Love Story, reached the spire of the iconic NYC tower without safety gear. They unfurled a flag bearing the message, “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace,” before Kuznetsov proposed on a narrow platform. The romantic gesture was short-lived; upon descending, both were apprehended by police.

According to NBC New York, the pair faces a slate of charges, including felony burglary, reckless endangerment, and criminal mischief. Despite the legal fallout, the Empire State Building’s official account leaned into the spectacle, posting, “Ladies: If he wanted to, he would… Just maybe on our 86th Floor Observation Deck.” The comment triggered a wave of social media engagement, with users joking that the climbers had set an impossibly high bar for future proposals, while others flooded the couple’s accounts to praise the audacity of the climb.